loureiro

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese loureiro.

Noun

loureiro (countable and uncountable, plural loureiros)

  1. A grape variety cultivated in Spain and Portugal, used in the production of white wine.
    • 2018 March 8, Eric Asimov, “Bubbles, With Joy: Pétillant Naturel’s Triumphant Return”, in The New York Times‎:
      The 2016 Phaunus Vinho Verde from Aphros in Portugal, made entirely of the loureiro grape, seemed to have the weight and depth of Champagne.
  2. A variety of white wine made from this grape.

Galician

Loureiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ eiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

  1. bay (Laurus nobilis)
    Synonyms: gamallo, louro
  2. bay leaf
  3. a grape variety local to Galicia and Portugal

Derived terms

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References

  • “loureyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “loureyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “loureiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “loureiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “loureiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

  1. bay (Laurus nobilis, a shrub of the Mediterranean)
    Synonym: louro

Descendants

  • → English: loureiro

References

  1. ^ As árvores na toponímia portuguesa by João Pinho
  2. ^ “loureiro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  3. ^ “loureiro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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